Hand-support for cars



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' P. A. MORLEY.

- HAND SUPPORT FOR CARS. No. 449,262. Patented Mar. 31,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERIG A. MORLEY, OF BROOKLYN, NElV YORK.

HAND-SUPPORT FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,262, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed November 7, 1890. Serial No- 370,710. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERIC A. MORLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports Attached to Railway-Cars and other Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in extension supporting-straps used in railwaycars, omnibuses, and other vehicles for the use and convenience of passengers; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a practicable supporting-loop which can be brought down at the will and to the convenience of the passengers desiring to use it, and, second, to enable the support to return automatically to its original position, so as to be out of the way when not in use. I attain these objects by a mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of the support when in its original position; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the support when extended; Fig. 3, a front view of the support; Fig. i, a perspective View of the support as suspended.

Similarletters referto similar partsthroughout the several views.

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of support, showing main loop or support A, to which is attached a link or clasp E. Through link or clasp E is passed the loop B, loop B being movable in and through link or clasp E. \Vhen required for use, loop B is drawn down until upper end of loop B (at point D) is brought into contact with link or clasp E,

,when link E immediately becomes the bearing-point and sustains the strain or weight, which may be put on loop B, as shown in Fig. 2. Link E being fastened to loop or support A, the strain or weight is consequently transferred to loop A, which, being attached to the supporting-bar or other convenient arrange ment, becomes the main support or the means by which a direct strain can be had between loop B and the supporting-bar or other place to which loop A may be attached, thus making loop A and loop B one complete and continuous support.

To the upper end of loop B (at point F) is attached a spring 0 or other elastic substance capable of extension, the upper end of which is attached to the upper portion of loop A, (at point G,) thus connecting loops A and B together. \Vhen loop B is drawn down, as in use, (see Fig. 2,) the spring 0 is extended. lVhen loop B is no longer required for use or when weight or strain is removed, the spring 0, being elastic, immediately contracts and returns to its original position and being attached to loop B draws loop 13 up out of the way, as shown in Fig. 1. Any elastic substance can be used; but for durability and excellence I prefer the spring.

I ain aware that prior to my invention Letters Patent were granted to Edmund Q. Bowman, of Philadelphia, for an extensible carstrap. I do not claim such a support, broadly; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of loop A with loop B by means of link E and spring 0, as hereinbefore described.

2. The combination of suspended loop A with the loop B, capable of being extended or drawn down to link E, in order to form one continuous and complete support.

3. The combination of the automaticallyreturning loop B with the suspended loop A by means of the extension-spring 0, all substantially as described and set forth.

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, this 4th day of November, A. D. 1890. v

FREDERIC A. MORLEY.

J. MOKEAGE. 

